Growing

Despite our best efforts, this little guy is growing up.  At least he is being sweet about it! He's still happy and smiley, and loves to snuggle. The best is when we get him up from a nap--usually the person getting him up get a giant hug from him.  Gosh, what was our life like before this little guy?

He got his first hair cut.  That mop of fine, strawberry blond hair was getting way too shaggy for my taste.

He doesn't seem to mind, but I thought it could use a little trimming.  My friend, Jen came over and shared her boy-hair-cutting expertise. 

And Voila!! It's like he's a new man!!

I think he approves.  Or he still doesn't really care and he's just excited that someone is smiling at him!

A few weeks ago, he also got his first tooth.  We had one rough night, but we pulled through and had two pretty new teeth to show for it.

And finally this little guy fulfilled all my dreams and started saying "ma ma."  I know its just babbling, but it makes me feel all mooshy inside.  He's my first kid to say "ma ma" before "da da."  

Another First

This little girl started Preschool this week.

Its a little preschool my friend is holding out of her house for her daughter, Cora and another little friend.  Pretty non-intimidating, and perfect for a three year old!  So far, she's loved it!

Runnin' Just As Fast As We Can

Over the summer, I had signed Kade and the older girls up for the Color Run (a 5K) here in San Antonio.  I have declared myself as a Non-Runner, so I didn't think too much about it.

Until I went to pick up all their stuff.  

I'll put this out there right now…I am not a runner.  My body does not like to run.  It's not opposed to exercise or workouts…those are great, but running?  Nuh uh. 

Anywho, when I got to the store to pick up everyone's packets, all the pictures and pretty colors and fun looking things kinda made me want to join in on the fun.  So I signed myself up, too!

All ready to get our run on:

Some pretty clouds showed up... 

And dumped rain on us for about 20-30 minutes. They had to deflate the finish line so it wouldn't blow away.  I had wondered off with Ailee when the rain hit.  Luckily we were right next to a sponsor's canopy, so we went in to learn a little more about their product.  

The rain finally let up and we were "HAPPY" to get started.

I'm not going to lie, I was a little nervous to get from Point A to Point B without dying.

Kade and Maryn ran ahead, while Ailee was my running buddy.  We had a lot of fun together! We made sure to stop at every color and get a squirt of paint in her hair.  Ailee came out pretty colorful! 

I think the red stuck to her scalp for several days. 

Kade and I got our fair share of color, too!

 Our fellow running buddies, Jen and Jace managed to photo bomb our selfie.

 

We are a colorful family!

We found lots of friends there, too. That was some good, colorful fun!

 Watching the crowd throw paint into the air:

Kaleidoscope Maryn:

And Kaleidoscope Ailee: